The paper explores the potential impact of regional economic integration on Myanmar, a country that has suffered from more than 20 years of Western sanctions. The country’s accession into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) offered economic and trading opportunities, while the...

Comprises seven case studies taken from a larger project on rural labour markets and employment policies. Examines how rural labour markets function and the complex factors that condition their outcomes.

ILO pub. Article on vocational guidance practices in Latin America - discusses major results of a questionnaire survey showing that vocational guidance services are limited in terms of target group, and by lack of overall labour market information. References.

ILO pub. Article reviewing results of a series of ILO-initiated experiments using 'key informants' for local level data collecting of labour market information (labour force and employment) in South East Asia and Antigua and Barbuda - covers organization, implementation and project evaluation,...

ILO pub. Article on economic implications of child labour in developing countries - develops a typology of child employment consisting of homemaker duties, unpaid work, forced labour, wages labour, informal sector, schooling, leisure and reproductive activities, reviews different kinds of...

ILO pub. Article on public service employment services and temporary work agencys ones providing for job placement of temporary workers - examines similarities and differences, discusses their respective roles in regulating the labour market in context with ILO Convention No. 96 on "Fee-charging...

Argues that employment remains depressed in the majority of Eurozone countries and that a further 4.5 million jobs may be lost. Suggests that addressing the jobs crisis in the Eurozone requires, first, repairing the financial system urgently.

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is moving towards closer economic integration among its Member States, including the free mobility of professionals and highly skilled workers. The freer flow of goods and capital will place path dependence, which encourages firms that already hire migrant...